GALA SPECTACULAR DONORS
RUBY DONORS ($5,000)
George Case IV and Nathan Salazar
Halley Faust and Eve Cohen
Catherine and Guy Gronquist
Barry and Margaret Lyerly
GOLD DONORS ($3,500)
James Babcock
Anne and Tom Conner
SILVER DONORS ($2,500)
Susan Esco Chandler and Appy Chandler
Brad and Pat Thompson
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, GALA COMMITTEE & STAFF
BRONZE DONORS ($1,500)
Dr. Camille Barnett
Murray and Nancy Bern
Jeffrey Fort and Diane Locandro
Diane and Bill Graves
John Gray and Ray A. Landy
Stephen and Jane Hochberg
Olga Echevarria and James Hutson-Wiley
Sherry Kelsey and George Duncan
Lynn F. Lee
Dana and Jim Manning
Fraser and Alice McAlpine
Sara J. McKenzie
Andrea Meditch
Jim Murphy and Roxanne Howe-Murphy
Carmen Paradis and Brian McGrath
Jose Piedra de la Portilla and Ernesto Roederer
Cathy and Todd Sickles
Peter Siegel and Jon Patrick
Suzanne M. Timble
Kevin Waidmann and Donald Shina, M.D.
Tobi Watson
PATRONS
Robert and Sharon Barton in memory of
Betsy Bueschel
Richard Bentley
Lynne Bixler
Alina Boyko and Devendra Contractor—
Pie Projects
Diane Brinkmann
David Bueschel and Rev. Betsy Bueschel†
John Campbell
Nicholas and Catherine L. Carlozzi
Patrick Carr
Jesse Cates
Mary Costello
Allegra and Jim Derryberry
Gregory Dove
Cheryl Feldman
David Frank
Gwen and Ralph Fuller
Madeleine Gehrig Lister
Peyton George and Lark Dale
Leah Gordon
Sally Guenther
J.C. Helms
Rae Hoffacker and Peter Pappas
Esther Jamison
Sean Johnson
Phyllis Lehmberg
Thomas J. McCaffrey
Laurie Meyer
Leah Paalman
Sirous Partovi
Dr. and Mrs. Leon Podles
Marianne Reuter
Andrew Rudnick
Carmen Salazar
Ted and Sally Smith
Ann Stanley
Patricia Stanley
Kazukuni Sugiyama
John R. Watson
Patti Wetzel
Susie Wilson
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS
Barry Lyerly, President
Diane Graves, Vice President
Catherine Gronquist, Treasurer
Greg Dove, Secretary
Cathy Sickles, Asst. Treasuer
Hon. Barbara J. Houser (Ret.), Asst. Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Murray Bern, M.D.
Tom Conner
Jeffrey C. Fort, J.D.
Joshua Habermann*
Chelsea Helm*
Singer Representative
Stephen Hochberg
Sheryl Kelsey, Ph.D.
Emma Marzen*
Fraser A. McAlpine
Felicia Morrow
Carmen Paradis
Patricia Stanley
Suzanne Timble
Susie Wilson, D.M.A.
Honorary Director
Stan Yeatts
GALA SPECTACULAR COMMITTEE
Patricia Stanley, Chair
Dora Horne
Diane Graves
Catherine Gronquist
Margaret Lyerly
Carmen Paradis
Cathy Sickles
Suzanne M. Timble
DIRECTORS EMERITI
Mary G. Brennan
David A. Bueschel
Mark Edw. Childers
Margie Edwards
Kirk Ellis
Allison Elston†
John Greenspan†
Kathleen Davison Lebeck, J.D.
Lynn F. Lee
William H. Lynn
Dorothy Massey
Ian McKee†
Haydock Miller†
Margaret K. Norton
Jane Clayton Oakes
Mary Lou Padilla, Ph.D.
Nina Hinson Rasmussen†
Don Roberts†
Brooke Bandfield Taylor
Jane Thomson
Frances White†
Brahna Lauger Wilczynski
Mac Wright†
*ex-officio member † in memoriam
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Joshua Habermann, Artistic Director
Emma Marzen, Executive Director
Joanna Armstrong, Marketing & Communications Manager
O’Shaun Estrada, Operations Coordinator
Lydia Milá Garmaier, Board Liaison & Events Manager
Ashley Hernandez-Salinas, Artistic & Community Coordinator
Amanda Sidebottom, Operations Director
Charles Stober, Box Office & Front of House Manager
Adalyn Thorpe, Assistant Artistic Coordinator
Mark Zero, Development Manager
The Board of Directors Welcomes You to the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s
ANGEL AWARD
Recognizing the extraordinary commitment by a patron in supporting the Desert Chorale’s goals of artistic excellence, community engagement and organizational stability and growth.
In Memory of Dr. Thomas F. McGuire
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Featuring the High Desert Jazz Trio
WELCOME
Emma Marzen, Executive Director
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Patricia Stanley, Gala Spectacular Chair
Barry J. Lyerly, President of the Board of Directors
2023 ANGEL AWARD
In Memory of Dr. Thomas F. McGuire
IN MEMORIAM
Rev. Betsy Bueschel
SPECIAL GIFT
Joshua Habermann, Artistic Director
THREE-COURSE DINNER
Created by Executive Chef Andrew Fox
Antipasto Plate
Country Summer Vegetables, Olives, Prosciutto, Crumbled Dolce Gorgonzola, Parmesan Crostini
Entrées
Red Wine-Braised Short Ribs, Lightly Pickled Green Beans, Lemon Gnocchi Basil Pesto
Seared Sea Bass with Cioppino Clam Broth, Summer Asparagus Tips
Grilled Wild Mushroom, Red Pepper Risotto with Portobello Mushroom Cups
Dessert
Tiramisu with Candied Pecans
PERFORMANCE
Special Program by the Entire Desert Chorale
Thomas F. McGuire, M.D. was a longtime supporter and patron of the Desert Chorale along with his partner David Ellwanger. Tom was a radiologist by profession and an avid artist, creating beautiful paintings. He also served his country as a commissioned officer in the United States Army. While accompanying the Chorale on our tour of Texas and Oklahoma. It was there, seeing the warmth and joy that our artists created everywhere they performed, that Tom decided he would join our Encore Society. We are deeply grateful for Tom’s generous bequest of over $800,000, half of which has been distributed to date. This gift represents the largest contribution the Desert Chorale has ever received, and is already helping to ensure our current and future sustainability through our Endowment Fund.
IN MEMORIAM
Rev. Betsy Bueschel
The Santa Fe Desert Chorale mourns the passing of Betsy Bueschel, 2019 Angel Award recipient and wife of Director Emeriti and past Board President Dave Bueschel. Betsy was key to the founding of our Hearts in Harmony program at Pete’s Place and was a beloved member of the Desert Chorale family. We offer our deepest sympathies to Dave and the entire Bueschel family. Betsy will be dearly missed.
SPECIAL GIFT
Recognizing fifteen impactful years as Artistic Director of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale.
Joshua Habermann, D.M.A.
Joshua Habermann has led honor choirs and choral festivals in North and Latin America, Europe and Asia. As a singer (tenor) he has performed with the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, and Conspirare. From 2011-2022, he served as director of the Dallas Symphony Chorus, and from 2008-2011 he was Director of Choral Studies at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. From 19962008 Habermann was Assistant Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Professor of Music at San Francisco State University. A native of California, he is a graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Texas at Austin, where he completed doctoral studies in conducting with Craig Hella Johnson. He lives in Honolulu with his wife Joanna, daughter Kira, and son Kai.
PERFORMANCE REPERTOIRE
Joshua Habermann, conductor Nathan Salazar, piano
Sure On This Shining Night Morten Lauridsen
Va, pensiero from Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi (arr. Jura)
A la strada Luca Marenzio Lasso non è cor mio
De torrente in via bibet George Frideric Handel from Dixit Dominus
O mio babbino caro Giacomo Puccini from Gianni Schicchi
Ciao bella, ciao Traditional Italian (arr. Parry)
Festa riso Pietro Antonio Giramo
GALA SPECTACULAR ARTISTS
SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES
Aine Hakamatsuka
Chelsea Helm
Sarah Moyer
Savannah Porter
Kathlene Ritch
Alissa Ruth Suver
Sarah Brauer
Kerry Ginger
Dianna Grabowski
Kate Maroney
Sarah Nickerson
Angela Young
Smucker
Chris Albanese
George Case
Brad Diamond
Erik Gustafson
Michael Jones
Bradley Naylor
Simon Barrad
James K. Bass
John Buffett
Harrison Hintzsche
Harris Ipock
Marques Jerrell Ruff
Photo: Tira Howard Photography Photo: Tira Howard Photography Photo: Zina Jundi Photo: The Valley Hospital Foundation